Hardened detectives are well used to crime victims who keep quiet out of fear of retaliation or their own involvement in criminal activities, but they need help from victims and the public in order to solve crimes. With that, police are asking anyone with information about this shooting to call the Springfield Police Detective Bureau at (413) 787-6355.

Sunday's shooting occurred around 8:40 p.m. near the corner of Allendale and Dwight streets. Witnesses told police they heard around four gunshots, at least one of which struck the 20-year-old. Police didn't release details of the victim's injury.

Investigators later determined that a car also had been hit during the incident on Allendale Street, the scene of a May 1, 2010, shootout that killed 16-year-old Rafael Montanez. Three others also were injured, including an 8-year-old boy, in a hail of gunfire. No arrests have been made in that shooting.

Sunday's victim was taken to nearby Baystate Medical Center, but his injuries weren't considered life-threatening, according to Springfield Police Lt. John Bobianski.

The shooting happened a block from Ringgold Street, where the mother of Tamik Kirkland and another woman were shot on April 23.

Kirkland escaped from a state prison in Shirley shortly after his mother was wounded. Police have speculated that Kirkland's subsequent April 30 shooting spree in Springfield -- he's accused of killing a Wilbraham man and wounding a city resident and two police officers -- may have been fueled by a desire to avenge his mother's shooting.

Kirkland, who was shot a half-dozen times by police, is still recovering from his wounds at Baystate Medical Center. He's expected to be arraigned on charges of murder and a host of other felony counts. An arraignment date hasn't yet been scheduled.

THE MAP BELOW shows the approximate location of a Sunday night shooting that wounded a 20-year-old Springfield man: